61. Like the racketeering law, usually known as RICO, numerous other laws limit federal jurisdiction to activities that affect interstate commerce. 62. Lopez says the Constitution limits Congress to legislating on matters affecting interstate commerce and that gun possession near a school is an in-state matter. 63. Moonshine whiskey, mass-produced with little attention to health or safety, is growing as a product of interstate commerce. 64. Most needed some sort of interstate commerce element, no matter how marginal. 65. No one disputes the broad power of Congress to regulate the sale of handguns in interstate commerce. 66. Notwithstanding any substantial effects that murder, kidnaping, or gun possession might have had on interstate commerce, Congress understood that it could not establish nationwide prohibitions. 67. On appeal, the Supreme Court upheld Cooper, though it acknowledged that baseball engaged in interstate commerce. 68. On Wednesday, a federal grand jury in Boston indicted Salvi on two counts of transporting a gun in interstate commerce to commit a felony. 69. Only last Term, we held that possession of a firearm in a local school zone does not substantially affect interstate commerce. 70. Presidents Truman, Johnson and Reagan intervened in strikes that hurt interstate commerce, a federal sphere. |
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